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Originally Posted by Wawrzyn
I have never shared with my therapist any information that I wouldn't have shared with a good friend or anything damning or that, in my opinion, would create a "power" imbalance that would render any future friendship impossible.
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Can I ask why you are in therapy? Because the statement above seems like you want a friendship rather than therapy.
The whole nature of the therapeutic relationship is that it is a "power imbalance" because it is one sided. The T is not there to have their needs met.
I had a relationship outside of therapy with my old T. It was disasterous and created more problems than you can imagine.
Now that I have a T with strict boundaries, I would never image being friends with her after I ended T. I don't want to be her friend. I want her to be my therapist.
What I suggest is talk to your T about everything. Including the stuff you would never tell your friends. Use the relationship to heal what ails you.